9179 America's 250th Anniversary (America250) Trivia Questions with Answers
9179 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which document first used the name “United States of America” in its title?
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Declaration of Independence
What national America250 program invites students to explain what America means to them?
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America's Field Trip
Which federal body coordinates the United States' America250 anniversary plans?
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United States Semiquincentennial Commission
What is the official name for America250, the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence?
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United States Semiquincentennial
On what date did the United States Semiquincentennial occur?
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July 4, 2026
Which 1777 American victory helped bring France into the Revolutionary War, a key America250 event?
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Battles of Saratoga
On the 2026 America250 quarter, which historic agreement is commemorated by the Mayflower design?
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Mayflower Compact
Which organization became the administrative secretariat for the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission in 2018?
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American Battlefield Trust
What anniversary celebration preceded America250’s 2026 semiquincentennial?
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United States Bicentennial
What term names America’s 250th anniversary, commemorated by America250?
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Semiquincentennial
What was Philadelphia’s major 1926 exposition celebrating America’s 150th anniversary called?
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Sesquicentennial Exposition
What public-law number belongs to the 2016 act establishing the commission for America250?
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Public Law 114-196
Which U.S. military branch celebrated its 250th birthday with a 2025 Washington parade?
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United States Army
What building was the Pennsylvania State House later renamed?
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Independence Hall
What document's 250th anniversary is the America250 commemoration marking?
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Declaration of Independence
What was the name of the 1848 meeting that launched the U.S. women’s rights movement?
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Seneca Falls Convention
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Who designed the 50-star U.S. flag as a high-school student in 1958?
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Robert G. Heft
Which 1872 site became the world’s first national park, a milestone in America’s long public-land history?
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Yellowstone National Park
On what date did delegates sign the U.S. Constitution?
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September 17, 1787
What was the Pennsylvania State House renamed after the American Revolution?
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Independence Hall
Who was unanimously elected president in the first U.S. presidential election of 1788–1789?
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George Washington
At what lunar site did Apollo 11 make the first crewed Moon landing?
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Sea of Tranquility
On what date did the Wright brothers make their first controlled, powered airplane flight?
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December 17, 1903
Which body voted for American independence on July 2, 1776, before adopting the Declaration two days later?
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Second Continental Congress
What is the official anniversary term for the United States reaching 250 years in 2026?
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Semiquincentennial
Which U.S. president signed the Homestead Act into law in 1862?
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Abraham Lincoln
What was the date of the Northwest Ordinance, which created the Northwest Territory?
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July 13, 1787
Who was the chief sculptor of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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Gutzon Borglum